Blessed are those whose strength is in you, who have set their hearts on pilgrimage. As they pass through the Valley of Weeping, they make it a place of springs. . . They go from strength to strength, til each appears before God in Zion (Psalm 84:5,7).

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"Wherever your lives may be cast, make the world a bit better or more beautiful because you have lived in it" (Edward Bok). And I would add, do it for Jesus.

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Monday, June 24, 2013

Colliding with God

“All your waves and breakers have swept over me”

(Psalm
42:7).

Our family spent many vacations at the beach.I enjoyed the ocean, but I never liked being
caught by a wave.I still remember
having huge ones crash down on me, sucking me under and dragging me along the
ocean floor.

One of my favorite contemporary Christian songs is “The Hurt
and the Healer” by Mercy Me.It reminds
me of my wave experiences and the words are very appropriate to my life of
pain.The song acknowledges that even
though part of us seems to die as we collide with God in the midst of our pain,
He restores us, and one day all will be made plain.

Through my years of pain, I have had many “collisions” with God
over His plan for my life.At times I
have felt that the waves of physical and emotional struggles were so overpowering
that I would be drowned by them.They have
dragged me along the ocean floor leaving me bruised and exhausted, but God has
breathed life back in to me time and time again and He has been glorified.

There is one lesson I learned from my beach experiences - the
best thing to do when facing a wave is to dive in to it rather than run from
it.When I try and outrun a wave, I get caught
and pulled under.However, if I dive in
to it, I am lifted up with it and brought safely down again.

I want to have the faith to face and dive in to the waves
God brings into my life rather than running from them, trusting that He will
lift me up and carry me on them.I may still
be dragged around, but I don’t need to fear.He will bring me back to life.And
one day I will ride one of those waves out – all the way to the shores of
eternity.

Prayer:Heavenly Father, sometimes I feel that my
collisions with You are too much for me to withstand, but I know in faith that
is not true.As I face my waves of challenges,
give me the courage to dive in to them, knowing You love me and will carry me
through each one.Amen.